LUCAS: A theoretically informed instrument to assess clinical communication in objective structured clinical examinations

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-276

  Huntley, Christopher D ^a   Salmon, Peter ^a   Fisher, Peter L ^a   Fletcher, Ian ^a   Young, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856994656     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04162.x     Document Type: Article

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